Israel says it controls Gaza side of Rafah crossing | BBC News

Israel's army says it has seized Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt, after continuously bombarding eastern Rafah overnight.

Tanks moved in on the area, a vital entry point for aid, a day after Israel ordered civilians to evacuate the area.

Truce talks meanwhile are to resume in Cairo after Israel said terms which Hamas had agreed to were unacceptable.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected it as "far from Israel's basic requirements".

The country's war cabinet voted to continue operations in Rafah, but is however sending a delegation to the talks in Cairo.

Mr Netanyahu's comments came after Hamas said it had accepted truce terms offered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators.

It is not clear exactly what Hamas has agreed to, but it is believed differences lie in wording to do with ending or pausing the war.

"The ball is now in Israel's court," an official in the Palestinian group said.

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[davedays]

Why on earth did the media tell Palestinians a deal was agreed on before getting confirmation from Israel. It’s so cruel to give them such false hope.

[EvelineGontes]

IDF told people to move to Rafah and now again telling people to leave Rafah..

[cooldata]

It’s all about a Land grab, Not about Hamas

[imaneessounaini]

Would you be reporting it like that if 17000 Israeli kids were killed by hummus?

[gkm]

I am heart' broken for people of Gaza, but this Hamas never understand.

[ThisIsEngland]

Hamas playing mind games with the Gazans

[李宇玄-bh]

Watch BBC, you can see British try it’s best to pretend it is not part of it😂 But we are not fools 😊

[joermnyc]

No deal that does not involve Hamas laying down arms and relinquishing control of Gaza. The people need to know that Hamas is not their friend.

[spacemonkey]

They need to control the crossing to stop the food from getting in...

[chrism]

BBC, can we have a vote to see if we want to pay TV licence to keep this channel going?

[JB-tibl]

Once Israel has sifted the innocents from the fighters in Rafah, the job will be mostly complete. HAMAS bombed an aid crossing yesterday, which puts lie to the fact that they wants their ppl to be helped. Gazans are victims of their own horrible leadership.

[saggybawlz]

BBC does not want to call hamas terrorists?

[mfre]

One month Egypt, Qatar, US blamed Hamas for failed negotiations. But Sinware, rat tunnel Hamas leader refused cease fire declaring a victory. Well, here we are.

[lukeatbrandynightful]

Hamas told their people a ceasefire was agreed so they would not leave Rafa in order for them to be human shields

[KubuiPame-cocj]

Celebration of Palestine show me that they were mislead by hamas, ,

[tiny]

Last time they celebrated was October 7

[majedhussain]

It also controls UK politicians and media

[TCHE]

Imagine starting a fight and then begging for a ceasefire 😂

[bladudemovies]

What if you were in Gaza?
What if those were your kids?”
You’d want the world to stand up.
And the students finally did
-Hind’s Hall

[frankozoh]

The devil is in the details. The deal gives Hamas all it wanted for and in the way it wanted it.
If Israel accepts this type of deal, then all that Hamas needs to do is to keep on taking hostages with the expectations to shame Israel to accepting deals favourable to it.
If Israel accepts this deal, then Hamas has won, period.
All said, the ICJ judgement of releasing hostages unconditionally and Israel to avoid commission of war crimes and allow humanitarian aids and protect humanitarian corridor and infrastructur must be used as the basis for a deal.